NBSAP Adoption: HOMEF Hails Comprehensive Government Policy on Food Sovereignty and Bio Safety
By Katherine Abayomi The Executive Director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Dr Nnimmo Bassey, has commended the Federal Government for endorsing the revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) 2025–2030 was officially approved in June 2025 with the objective of halting and reversing…
NSCDC Gives Scrap Dealers Three Months to Register, Warns Against Illegal Operations in Edo
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Edo State Command, has directed all individuals and businesses operating in the scrap metal value chain to register with the command within three months or risk arrest, prosecution and other legal sanctions. The State Commandant Akintayo Saidi Ayinla announced the directive during a press briefing in Benin…
HOMEF Urges Appeal Against Court Dismissal of Ekpetiama Oil Pollution Suit
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has rejected the dismissal of a suit filed by the monarch of Ekpetiama Kingdom against Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and other defendants over alleged decades of environmental pollution in Bayelsa State, urging the plaintiffs to pursue the matter to the Supreme Court. The Federal High…
Collaborate with EFCC in Fight against Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Olukoyede Tells Lawyers Forum
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has charged female lawyers in the country to join hands with the Commission in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. He gave the charge on Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in a one-day training of members of Women Forum of the…
EFCC Arraigns One for Alleged N3.8m Property Fraud in Maiduguri
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, July 23, 2026 arraigned one Alhaji Muhammad Talake before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri. The defendant was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence and criminal misappropriation to the tune…
Navy hands over rescued human trafficking victims to NAPTIP
The Nigerian Navy has reaffirmed its commitment to combating human trafficking and other transnational organised crimes with the handover of two rescued victims of human trafficking to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons. The Navy said the victims were rescued during a targeted anti-human trafficking operation before being transferred to NAPTIP’s…
Trump hails Tinubu over anti- terror war
The Presidency on Wednesday said United States President Donald Trump has written personally to President Bola Tinubu to commend what he termed his “decisive leadership on behalf of the Nigerian people.” The US President also confirmed that he deployed US Special Operations Forces, including Navy SEAL Team 6, to train Nigeria’s military in the fight…
Police top list as ICPC uncovers 908 ghost workers
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has identified the Nigeria Police Force and five federal ministries and agencies as having the highest number of suspected fake workers uncovered during its payroll verification exercise. ICPC Chairman, Musa Adamu Aliyu (SAN), disclosed the findings while speaking on the commission’s investigation into payroll fraud across…
Ondo Speaker gets Sunday deadline to resign or face impeachment
The crisis in the Ondo State House of Assembly remains unresolved as the majority of lawmakers have issued a Sunday ultimatum to the Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, to resign from office or face impeachment. Twenty-one of the 26 members of the House have signed an impeachment notice against the Speaker over alleged financial misconduct. The Speaker…
Mandela Day: NHRC, Partners Secure Release of Eight Inmates, Push Humane Reforms at Suleja Correctional Centre
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in partnership with Hope Behind Bars Africa and other stakeholders, has facilitated the release of eight indigent inmates from the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre in Niger State as part of activities commemorating the 2026 Nelson Mandela Day. The intervention, which involved the payment of fines ranging between N800,000…
Edo Assembly Passes Bill for a Law to Review and Codify all Laws in the State
…… Speaker calls on Farmers to Visit Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security For Subsidized Farming Equipment. Edo State House of Assembly has passed a Bill for a Law to provide for a Revised Edition of Laws of Edo State and the Preparation, Printing and Publications of the Revised Laws of Edo State and for…